01-Course-Introduction.md

Course Introduction

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This course focuses on Administration part of the kubernetes.

Course Structure

• Lectures
• Demos
• Quizzes
• Practice Questions
• Q & A Section

Pre-Requisites

• Docker
• Basics of kubernetes
  • PODS, Deployments, Services ...
• YAML
• Setting up a basic lab environment with VirtualBox

If you are a beginner we highly recommend Kubernetes for the Absolute Beginners Hands-On course

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Course Objectives

The objectives of this course are aligned to match the Certified Kubernetes Administration Exam (CKA)

• Core Concepts
  • Cluster Architecture
  • API Primitives
  • Services & Other Network Primitives
• Scheduling
  • Labels & Selectors
  • Daemon Sets
  • Resource Limits
  • Multiple Schedulers
  • Manual Scheduling
  • Scheduler Events
  • Configure Kubernetes Scheduler
• Logging & Monitoring
  • Monitor Cluster Components
  • Monitor Cluster Components Logs
  • Monitor Applications
  • Application Logs
• Application Lifecycle Management
  • Rolling Updates and Rollbacks in Deployments
  • Configuring Applications
  • Scale Applications
  • Self-Healing Applications
• Cluster Maintenance
  • Cluster Upgrade Process
  • Operating System Upgrades
  • Backup and Restore Methodologies
• Security
  • Authentication & Authorization
  • Kubernetes Security
  • Network Policies
  • TLS Certificates for Cluster Components
  • Image Security
  • Network Policies
  • Security Contexts
  • Secure Persistent Key Value Store
• Storage
  • Persistent Volumes
  • Access Modes for Volumes
  • Persistent Volume Claims
  • Kubernetes Storage Object
  • Configure Applications with Persistent Storage
• Networking
  • Pre-Requisites - Network, Switching, Routing, Tools
  • Pre-Requisites - Network Namespaces
  • Pre-Requisites - Networking in Docker
  • Networking Configuration on Cluster Nodes
  • Service Networking
  • POD Networking Concepts
  • Network Loadbalancer
  • Ingress
  • Cluster DNS
  • CNI
• Installation, Configuration & Validation
  • Design a Kubernetes Cluster
  • Install Kubernetes Master and Nodes
  • Secure Cluster Communication
  • HA Kubernetes Cluster
  • Kubernetes Release Binaries
  • Provision Infrastructure
  • Choose a Network Solution
  • Kubernetes Infrastructure Config
  • Run & Analyze end-to-end test
  • Node end-to-end tests
• Troubleshooting
  • Application Failure
  • Control Plane Failure
  • Worker Node Failure
  • Networking

Practice Tests

CKA exam is a practical hands-on exam it is very important to practice what you learn. Which is why we build a custom solution that will give you access to a Real Kubernetes Environment right in your browser along with Quiz Portal

Kubernetes the hard way

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